

How Canadian Students Build Ivy-Level Extracurricular Profiles
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What Actually Sets High-Achieving Students Apart?
At the most selective U.S. universities, strong grades are assumed. What separates competitive candidates is a strategic extracurricular profile that shows progression, initiative, and real impact — not activity lists. Join Kimberley Lindsay, former Stanford University Admissions Officer, as she breaks down breaks down what matters in extracurricular evaluation and provides year-by-year action steps families can follow from Grades 8-12.
“We look for students who make a difference in their schools and communities, so tell us about your leadership activities, interests, special skills and other extracurricular involvements.”
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Kimberley Lindsay
Kimberley is a former admissions officer at Northwestern and Stanford and a graduate of Wellesley, Kellogg, and Oxford. She spent over a decade in undergraduate admissions, reviewing tens of thousands of applications and helping thousands of students gain entry to top universities, including the Ivy League, Stanford, Duke, and MIT. Kimberley now uses this experience to guide students and families through successful applications with a strategic, hands-on approach.

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